THE FOREST BEPDBLICAH
la iulllhed Tfj W.dneday, by
J. E. WENK.
OfOo In Bmaarbaugb & Co.'a Building
LM BTRBKT, TIONXSTA, Pi,
Term, . tl, BO per Tear.
.vNo "'C"lpUon received for a sbortw period
thfi Ihrc.jnontlta.
Oo! -e-.poiidenc. .ottelted from all part, of the
country, r-o nolle will b taka of anonymou
owiuaalcatloos.
For
RATES OP ADVERTISING.
On Sq,nr, on. Inch, on InMrtlon 1 (HI
On Sqnare, on. Inch, on month too
On Sqn.ro, out Inch, thro, month.. fM
On. Sqniff, on. Inch, on year 10 00
Tiro 8qn.ro., on jmr 18 00
Quarter Column, on. year SO 00
Half Column, on jour SO 00
On Column, on yar 100 00
Legal drertlMmenU tea oents pr lln sch In
sertion. Marriage, and death notice, gratia.
All bill, for yearly advertisement collected qoar
lerly. Temporary adertltementa muat to paid la
ad ranee.
Job work caah on delivery.
TD"
UBLICAN.
VOL. XXL NO. 40. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL' 3, 1889. $1.50 PER ANNUM.
i . The Pnmoan King enjoys the princely
Income of $20 a month.
! .Tho number of millionaire Sonatora Is
estimated now nt from thirty to thirty
two, or nearly ono half tho entire
Senate.
Tho necessity for t lie artificial applied
tion'of wator is said to bo far greater ir
California than ia tho older countrioi ol
Europe.
A statistician . asserts that twonty
Princes end I'riucessci of tho reigning
families of Europe have been treated for
mental disorder.
.New York is agitnting the proposition
X "'""''i 'roe Kinucrgarccn scnoms to
.a ..1.1 !-li . l . .
' tna iiacs im uer present primary
system of instruction.
Pngo-Pngo, tho Sumoan port grunted
to the United States for a coaling
station, is tho most easily defensible
harbor In the Southern Tivcilio.
Gorman literature has loco added to
the curriculum of the college of liters
turo at tlio Imperial University of Japan,
Two- German professor! will, a native
paper says, bo shortly added to the staff.
Tho Wilmington (N. C.) 31 tenjer
glvos en Itemized statement showing
that the theft of a chicken valued at
fifteen conts cost tho taxpayers of thai
State i:0l.70 cents before the Plate wa
rid of the oITouder.
John B. Scott, a South Carolinn cotton
planter, has been nppo ntod by the
liu-s'nu Com u.u:ii iu;'?r'tcndentand
Instructor of a largo cotton pliintat'oi:
owned by the Government in one of th
Southern provinces. '
Mnckcrol and halibut, it nppeari from
the fishory reports, are deserting th
waters of tho New England coasts. Foi
tho year 18-S there wet a falling off ol
about six million pounds in the catch oi
these two kinds of fish.'
In a suit for damages for los of a son
the l'enusylvania Supreme Court decided
In favor of the Philadelphia Steamboat
Company. Tho court held that a row
boat is not a voisel within tho meaning
'the -navigation laws, and that a steam
txjat i8,'.r.herororo, not bound, to get out
of tho rowboat's way.
' Garden mid Forest urges the Govern
moiit to withdraw it fjrest lands from
salo and place them in tho care of thf
army. The Philado'phi.1 Ti nea indorsee
tho suggestion, and nsks tho States tc
take immediate stops for tho preserva
tion of .tho forests beforo all our groal
rhors shrink into shallow lit.le streams.
, It is against tlio law in Mexico foi
any one to read a newspaper aloud; but
rto one cares for that, observe! th) New
York I'riuiie, as few peoplo want to
read them anyhow. You c m get more
news in Mexico by titling dovu half an
hour at a popular rata than you could
got by reading a Mexican paper for a
mouth. .
In Michigan University "a larger pro
portion or woman than of men are tak
ing by choice the full classical course,"
'resident Augell reports. Men are be
coming scieutitic rather than classical,
on account of the new i.peulugs in
scieutitic prDfessious, while women study
Greek and latin, to meet tho Require
ments o''te.ichers.
In England, Franco, Germany, Eel
gium, Holland, Austria and Switzerland
there are 221 eit'ei having street rail
roads. Among thcte 1 18 are in England,
48 in Germany and 23 in Franco, thew
being no city of less than 20,000 inhabit
ants having such roads, while in I lu
United States I hoy are found in cities oi
cot more than 1010 inhabitants.
According to the Cu'hilic World thert
are uiuety colored Catholic schonls iu iht
Southern dioceses and two colored sister
hoods the Oblates, of Baltimore, and
the Holy Family, of New Orleans, which
provide teachers for the schools. The
number of Catholic colored churches,
the H'urWsays, is not more than twenty,
and thoie is but ouo colored Catholic
priest iu tho country.
Deaths from miningexplosious in Eng
land for 18S8 were only forty-three.
This is tho lowest record since U51,
when the number w as first officially given.
The lowest previous to 18S8 was si .ty
live deaths iu 1884. . The highest record
lu tho past thirty-eight years was in
1800, when 050 lives were lost by ex-plosions-:100
of these being covered by
the one casualty at the Oaks Colliery.
I .The great river of Egypt has not sent
down its accustomo.i Hoods this year,
and the peoplo who depend on that foi
their food indulge only the most gloom)
anticipations for the future. There wil'
le no corn in Egypt this year, and thi
ancient granary of the world must itscll
buy of more prosperous nations. Som
believo that the great feeders of tho Kilt
have been cut oil by growths of vegeta
bles choking off the passage of waler.
ther thuevrv is that the large flood a
6 lcftrtauis which now obBtrucl
l!or, as was the case some year:
, J which were not cut throurr
0-
o,
A n (
A FRIBHXX
As mbi; th vole. In th court above,
Moved by th Lady's shining mien and
a-rao.
"1.0, hers come on who shall Increase eur
lovl"
fio cried my heart when flrat 1 aw thy faoe.
I knw thy spirit waa to mine akin,
Dwelling anear on some eternal shore;
lime, Borrow, Death, their filmy threads may
spin,
They bar no shining path we shall explore.
Enough, though her w may not meet, since
w
One stood together on that binned height,
'When, through the mlat that veil eternity,
Truth' flaming star burst forth npon our
sight.
And though our circuit lie world nparate,
W smile and part, for surely, Omy friend,.
Their line shall Intersphera or noon or late,
And rjiov. together to th journey' end.
If now we met, perchance the hateful mask
Of finite vision might obscuia our eye
And dim Truth' fixed star. No boon I ask
W have met once on hills ot Paradise.
Annie Kent, fn Harper.
HELD .BY A ROPE.
3T 1.EIOII TO UN OK.
.- Egypt has been called the Gift of the
Kile, and everything in the land is con
nected with the movements of the great
artery that is the life of the country.
The seventeenth of June is the "night
oi me drop, ana is celebrated as a fes
tival. Moore in his "Lai la Kookh" tells us
of the power of
"llio drop that down from th moon,
Fall through the healing air of June."
According to the ancient lcrendg. Tula.
the goddess of Egypt, weeps over the
armucsa oi me country, ana tne tear
falling from her eye into tho Nile causes
the overflow which brings renewed life
to-the land. Tho Cairencs spend Ihe
night besido the river, either in the
open air or in houses near the bank, and
practice all sorts of ceremonies. Each
member of the family places a piece of
uouga on me rooi; n the dough rises,
happiness is in store for the fortunate
one who placed It there; if not, it is an
ill omon.
Ten days later the river slowly begins
iv nee, nun mo ssiie crier goes through
the streets every morning with the latest
bulletin as to the height of the water.
The great festivity of the year is the
Wefa or the cutting of the dam, which
tanes piace between the tenth and four
taeutU of August.
Egypt is now no longer a vast luke
during the inundation as it formerly
was. Tho water is conducted into a
net-work of canals and reservoirs, and
uisiriuutca as it is needed, and engi
neers are appointed to see that there is
no loss nor waste. I evoes are bu.lt to
keep the waters within bounds, and
many of the villages are connected bv
these, whilo others can only be reached
by boat.
When we reached Egypt, in the middlo
of October, the inundation was at the
highest point, higher than it had boen
for tfears. To attempt tha journey to
the pyramids was, we wore told, inad
neis, tho whole face of the couutry be
tween Ghizeh and the city being under
water. Hut the flood would net abate
for weeks, and we could tot wait, and
so decided to try it.
Selecting our donkeys with care, we
started out, a party of four, including
the drngomin and tho little animals
which are the street cars of Egypt. The
donkey boy, a very bright little fellow
of fourteen years, "was a family man,
he told us proudly, with two wives and
four children, and he supported his
whole establishment on the one franc a
day he earned by taking care of the
donkeys.
On past the city out into the open
we rode, congratulating ourselves that
we had not heeded the advice given us.
Our route lay along a high embank
ment beside one of the numerous canals
which encircle the city, and a more
beautiful scene cannot bo imagined. The
wator wa almost ur with the bank, and
in the sunlight glittered and glistened.
ion reeas ana rushes with waving
plumes beautifully preen lineS the a hore.
and the reflection iu the water gave back
every loaf and twig.
llien suddenly and abruDtlv the dvke
was cut off, and before u was a sheer
descent into the yellow water. The
force of the waves had undermined the
foundation, and it had sunk. What to
do next was the question.
Yussef got down, and went forward
to explore. Finally he came back with
the intelligence that there was a boat a
little way back, which would take us if
we were willing to go in that way.
Turning, we rode to where a curve in
the embankment formed a tiny cove, and
there wai tho bout, a long, dirty,
weather-beaten craft, with the immensely
high mast and the odd-shaped sail that
they use only on the Nile. j
l-eaving our doukeys to the boy who
was to take them back to the city, we
embarked and puthed off. Tho little
boat rocked and reeled with the force of
tho current, but the boatmen teemed to
km.w their business, and piloted us
safely enough, tho ;gh it was no easy
task. The tallest trees were ha'f under
water, and tho sml et were wholly sub
merged ; and when one least expected it,
he waa apt to run up against one, for the
water was so thick w ith mud that noth
ing could be seen below the surface.
Men wore at work upon the embank
ments strengthening, them, and a busy
scene the green terraces rising up out of
tlio yellow water pre'-ented. Where the
rush had swept the dykes completely
away, they were throwing connecting
bridges, i waa forcibly reminded of the
scenes at home, when 'the Mississippi
bursts its bounds and breuks through the
levees. i very available force on the
plantation is set to work to strengthen
the Carrier that keeps off thf waters. It
was all the more striking, as the fetlahin
and our Southern negroes closely resem
ble each other.
Our little boat with its great tail
brought us finally up to the elevated
plateau where the pyiamids stand, and
we lauded, glad to Le on terra urma.
No ono ever forgets tho view that he
gets from the top of . heop, where he
teems to feel the ceuturies go by. The
drawback to the plea-sure and awe which
the place inspires is tho chattering, the
quarreling and tho clamoring for bak
bhbh of lha tw.unis of Arabs thul hauut
the place. Thanks, however, to the
over ow, noue but our own party were
there, so we were left in peace to the
desolation of the scene.
lielow us lay tho waste of water with
the winding line of tho embankments
curling like a great green serpent, and
frem its bosom seemed to rise the
minarets and domes of the distant city,
while over all the tall columns of the
Mofue of Mehemet Ali kept ward. At
our fcot crouched tho sleepless Sphynx
brooding over the scene as she has done
for fifty centuries.
We explored the Tomb of Numbers,
sad the temple in ruins, lunched at the
pavilion built for the Prince of Wales,
sunned ourselves in tho sand as we
watched the granite monster, and wished
a genius was there to unseal those tightly
closed lips, and disclose the things that
those eye had seen.
Then as the shadows were lengthen
ing, tired and worn-out we returned to
the boat. Whether the current was
stronger than in the morning, or whether
the crew were tired I cannot tell, but cer
tainly tho boat did net obey the helm,
but drifted at the mercy of the wind,
and rockeii from side lo side. The great
dangev waa, of course, in running against
a snag, but providentally, though she
bumped many times, the boat did not
strike heavily, and we drifted on in the
right direction, for she seemed to be en
tirely out of the control of the boatmen.
The situation was perilous in the ex
treme, night was comiog on, there we
were, miles from any chance of succor,
wholly at the mercy of the current, and
liable at any moment to be overturned.
At lost we drifted toward one of the
bridges which had been thrown over the
canal, and immediately we were sucked
into the current that poured with tre
mendous force through the opening.
Just as wo went ntder, the sail which
they had been trying to take in foil with
a crash, and swept one ot the boatmen
into the water.
' With a shriok he throw up his hands,
and went down like lead. Every effort
was made to keep in tho middlo of the
culvert, which was twelve feet across,
and in that we succeeded.
Tho bridge was about fifteen feet high,
and just as we rushed along, the top of
the mast caught on one of the timbers
of the bridge, and held fast. Back and
forth rocked the boat in the rush of
waters, but the hold of the ropes never
relaxed. From side to side we weie
tossed with a dizry, sickening motion,
just escaping each time being dashed
against the rocks which formed the side
ot the bridge, and expected every instant
to be capsized.
I have heard of the Eastern indiffer
ence to death, but it certainly was not
manifested there, for the Arabs shrieked
with fear, and called upon Allah to de
liver them.
The boat was half-full of water, and it
took all of our efforts at bailing to keep
her from filling; but the men were of no
use, they sat down in the water and
rocked from side to side, bemoaning
their fate, till the Captain, losing pa
tie'nce.administered somo kicks to them,
tolling them to go to work and stop their
howling.
One of them slyly took out his pen
knife, and approaching the rope was just
about to cut it, when I, seeing what he
was about to do, called to hiin to drop
the knife. Tho fellow got closer, and
had just touched the rope when I pulled
a revolver from my pocket saying: "If
you touch that rope, I'll shoot you."
J he outstretched arm dropped ai if
paralyzed, and the knife full in the
water. .
Our one chance of life, and it was but
a slender one, lay in the holding out of
the rope, i hero -were men working on
the road above us, we knew, and if we
could only attract their attention, it
might be we.ll with us yet. But, of
course, the chances were that the rope
would wear away, and then tho almost
certainty was we should be dashed to
pieces.
Jlalf-mad with fear, one of the men
jumped into the waler to try and train
the embankment. Ho was a tall, power
ful man and a magnificent swimmer, but
the water tossed him about like a piece
of cork. We saw with horror his red
fez go up and down on the waves, until
his unturned, agonized face drifted by
us, and he sauk to rise no more. Horror
stricken we sat silently thinking that tho
next moment such might bo the fate of
tho rest of us, particularly as I thought I
saw signs ot the fraying of the rope
wnere it worKea against tne mast.
We tired off two or three shots in rapid
succession, an Jthcn shouted at the top
of our voices, but no answer came, save
the rush ol the waters.
One of our party roso and threw off
his coat.
" What is.that for ? ' I tsked.
" I am going to try to swim to shore :
I believe I can do it."
" With Abdullah's fate before your
eyes f " I returned.
"les,"he said, "I wl.l try U, and
not be killed here."
' It would be suicide," I replied, aeain
taking out my revolver, " and I will tiro
if you make a motion to leave tho boat.
We will take our chances here."
" But what chance have we here ? "
" Very little, but none in the way you
are trying."
Silently he dropped back in his scat.
A loud exclamation from tho captain
startled every one, and we looked up to
where his finger pointed. There shitt
ing through a erevice iu the flooring of
the bridge was a round, besd-liko eye
lookinc down uuon us. - and nresentlv.
finding a larger fissure, a coal-black fuce j
beamed upon upon us.
Never was apparition more welcome.
In a few words the captain explained the
situation we were in, and told the mau
that a couple of English noblemen were
there, and he must hasten.
Like an arrow the fellow flew away to
where a posse of men were meuding the
road, and they hastened back; but how
to get at us was the dithculty. Hqj
after was Hung in vuin; we were too far
under to catch it. At last they tied a
a heavy stone to the rope, and allowed
it to drift under with the current. It
came nearer and nearer. We held our
breath with anxiety, fearing lest some
eddy should draw it away from us: but
as it came past, one of us, holding to the
mast, reached out and caught it.
A prayor of thanksgiving went up
from our hearts, while a shout testified
to bur rescuers that the rope had caught ;
to make it fast to the mast, aud cut the
other, which was now almost f raved in
two, was the work of a moment, aud
slowly we were druwu from our danger
ous position, aud towed around to a
point where we could land and climb up
the eiulaoknient. .
The engineer is held responsible for
the safety of travelers, as it was his
business to keep the road in order, and
when he heard that some of tbe boat's
passengers had been killed, he came to
us In consternation and distress, to know
how many and who they were.
When he heard that one was an Egyp
tian soldier and the other a boatman,
"Biemlllah," he cried, turning on his
heol, "I thought they might have been
Franks." '
So little is native life counted ameng
them. Youth' t Companion.
A Terrapin's Beseeching Eye.
David Burnham, living in a near-by
town in New Jersey, is exceedingly fond
of terrapin stew, but he does not tbink
much of the savory "diamond back" in
any other form. Nevertheless, a pet ter
rapin that some months ago almost
miraculously escaped the pot wanders
around the plot of ground on whicn his
house stands and sleeps in his kitchen
every night.
I.as October Mr. Burnham invited
some friends to supper, served to cele
brate the fifth anniversary of his wed
ding. For six dollars he purchased in
Fulton Market a five pound terrapin, in
tending to regale his friends with his
favorite dish. He left orders that the
terrapin should be sent by express to his
house, and supposed that it would be de
livered in a condition better understood
by the cook than the butcher. But the
little creature was by no means in the
soup yet, and when it was loid down for
a moment with its ight side uppermost
in the kitchen it proved that it was
keenly alive to the situation by waddling
nt its highest rate of speed toward the
door.
It was then turned on its back, and the
cook was invited to slaughter it. Bu'.
this she emphatically refused to do, and
as the other servants shared her objec
tions Mr. Burnham nerved himself to do
the butchers work himself. Armed
with the family carving knife he en
tered the kitchen when the rest of the
household had retired for the night. He
says that he knelt down upon the floor
and was about to slit the terrapin's throat
when the succulent creature, lying on its
diamond back, gazed at his face with
such a human, beseeching expression in
its mild, bulging eyes that the knife
dropped from his hand, and he deter
mined to spare its life.
The terrapin has shown itself grateful,
but not demonstratively so, for the
mercy extended to it. When Mr. Burn
ham approaches its usual resting place,
under a great chestnut tree, it croaks
cheerfully, and slowly moves to meet
him. It will take a piece of bruised and
softened meat, a small fish, or even a
piece of water-soaked bread from his
hand, but its appetite is not large, and it
sleeps most of the time. It is growing
fat rapidly, and swells beyond its shell
with a posterior and an anterior
plethora at least so Mr. Burnham says,
and he has studied Dr. Johnson's mode
of expression pretty closely. It does not
fear the cold, being warmly clad. iVi
York 2'ime.
A Koman Treadmill.
There will shortly be on view, it is
hoped, at the British Museum, the very
remarkable Koman treadmill for raising
water which was discovored in the work
in :s of tho llio Tinto mine (Spain),
where its woodwork was preserved in a
very perfect state by the action of the
copper in the water. It may be of in
terest to mention, in connection with
this wheel, that the lioman remains dis
covered in and about the mino, which
were at first uufortuuatcly dispersed,
are now preserved by the llio Tinto
Company with praiseworthy care in a
small museum at Huolva, bolonging to
M. Sundheim of that place, who takes
much interest in its arrangement. There
may be seen the fetters, collars, and ank
lets (of the modern snape) of the slaves
employed in the mine who worked the
series of treadmills, one above another,
by which it was drained. Instead of.
lea n in r on bars, as in the modern tread
mill, they appear to h ive held on to'
ropes (lUe bell ropes), of which por-j
tions still remain. The extant wheel (4f
metres in diameter) is so constructed a
to utilize their weight in the most ski -j
ful munner. The pickaxes in the same
collection are so completely modern in'
shape that it is difficult to realize their1
antiquity, while the curious hoe-like'
spade of the Spaniard finds hore its pro
totype. The same survival may be de
tected in the "herring bone work" ol
the Houmns (of whi h specimens have
been fouud at Kio Tinto)," which reap-)
pears in the Giralda at Seville, and is
still in full use. Among the other metal
objects are two bronze urns and some
stamped pi us of Koman lead, with a lead
tube. London Attenjum.
An Increasing Diplomatic Family. :
The list of representatives of foreign
( ovcrnments resident in Washington
has considerable lengthened during the
last year. The new circular of the State
Department shows that it is interesting
for other reasons than its increased
length. A year ago there were 27 Min
isters and Charges d' Affaires entitled to
recognition. Now there are :t2, repre
senting o'.t countries. The seven new
representatives are Minister Don Jose
Marcelino Hurtado, of Colombia; Minis
ter Puk Chung Yang, of Corca, Minis
ter Don Felix Cipriano C. egarra, of
Peru; Minister Hadji Hossein Ghooly
Kahn, of Persia; Minister Don Francisco
Laintiesta, of Salvador, who is also Min
ister for Honduras; and Minister Jean
Oannadius, of Greece The increase of
tbe list will make it necessary to extend
tbe table at the White House State din
ner. I nst year, when there were only
13 ladies on tho legation list to invite
and about 48 covers wore laid, it was
necessary to invite ludy guests who were
not connected with the diplomatic corps.
Now there are 17 ladies attached to the
legation, and the difficulty would be to
provide comfortably fur all of them.
Aap York Timet.
Monument to the Humbletonlan Sire.
The National Association of Trotting
Horse Breeders proposes to erect a bronze
statue of the great llumbletonian.to cost
not less thau $13001), as a memorial to
the progenitor of one of the fastest
strains of Americuu trotting horses.
'I he - ommittee in charge ot the work ia
composed of J. V. llowlaud, Ouy Miller
aud J. W. Gruy.'Treasurer of the Asso
ciation, who also a ts as Treasurer of
the fund. A considerable sum for this
purpose hud alieady been collected by
K. A. Buck, editor of the fyirit of th
Tim::
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
A Teat for Tea.
A Russian analyist gives the following
as a test by which tea can be proved to
be genuine or not: Take a pinch of tea
in a glass, pour upon it a little cold
water and well shake it up. Pure ted
will only slightly color the water, while
a strong infusion is quickly got from the
adulterated or painted leaf. Now boil
both sorts separately, and let them stand
till cool, and the difference between
them will be most marked. The false
tea will become still stronger after long
standing, but vill remain transparent.
Whereas the pure tea will become muddy
or milky. This last appearance arises
from the tannic acid which is a natural
property in pure tea, but which in arti
ficial tea is entirely absent.
Washing Flannel.
In washing flannels, make a suds of
blood-warm water and white soap. Al
low the flannels to soak in this water
from one-half to one whole hour, then
wash them with as little friction as pos
sible, using no rubbing-board or soap,
save what is dissolved in the water;
squeeze the articles with the hands un
til the dirt is forced out as much as
possible, then change to another clear
auds prepared in the same way and finish
the washing process. Finally rinse in
warm water, in which you may put a
very little bluing if you like. Do not
wring as you do other clothes, but
simply squeeze out the water enough to
admit of carrying to the line, and bo
sure when removing tho flannels from
one water to another that each suc
cessive water is hotter than the last
never any colder.
If you wish to restore the color of
flannels which are apparently ruined by
bad treatment, it can be dono by mak
ing a solution of one and one-half
pounds of white soap and two-thirds of
an ounce of spirts of ammonia dissolved
in twelve gallons of soft water. By
dipping the flannels in this, and wetting
them thoroughly in the solution, a
beautiful and lasting whiteness will be
imparted to them, no matter how yellow
they were previous to their immersion.
After being well stirred round for a
short time, take the articles nut and
wash well in, clean, soft water.
To cleanse blankets,- put two large
tablcspoonfuls of borax and one-half a
bar of white soap (cut up the soap- into
Jhin shavings with a knife, before put
ting into the water) into a tub of luke
warm water; when the soap and borax
are well dissolved, pt in the blankets
and let them remain in soak over night;
the next morning wash well and tinto in
two waters, and hang out to dry with
out wringing them at . -Detroit Free
Presu
Home Recipes.
Chocolate Icing Put into a saucepan
half a pound of powdered loaf sugar,
two ounces of grated chocolate, and
about a gill of water. Stir on the fire
until the mixture assumes the consistency
of a thick smooth cream. I ay the icing
evonly on the cake or pastry, with a
palette-knife, and put it into the oven
for a minute or two to set tho jcing.
Corn Oysters With two cups ol
canned or fredily grated sweet corn mix
three beaten eggs, a cup of sweet milk,
half a teasnoonful of salt, enough flour
for a thin batter, and a heaped toaspoon
ful of baking powder. Have rea Jy some
thin little squares of cold roast lamb or
veal. Drop the batter in tiny cakes on
a buttered griddle, on each cake lay a
bit of th cold roast, and cover it with
a teaspoonful of the batter; bako the
aame as griddle cakes, aud serve them
nicely browned and hot This makes a
very palatable imitation of fried oysters.
Vegetable Soup This is what the
French call "oup Maigre;" Take one
turnip (if small, one each of a yellow
and a white variety), one large onion, a
medium sized carrot, two large potatoes,
several stalks of celery, and some sprigs
of parsley, and, after peeling and wash
ing, put them in the chopping bowl and
mince tine. Put a tablespoonful of but
ter in the soup kettle, and when melted
add the vegetables. Fry slightly for
five minutes, but do not brown; cover
with two quarts of boiling water and
simmer for one hour. Now add a pint
of hot milk and half a pint of hot cream,
and season to the taste. It will require
considerable salt Serve with thin wafer
crackers, and seo if your family or
guests do not call for a second plato.
Mock Bisque Soup Put a quart of
either freshly peeled or canned tomatoes
on the fire to stew; heat three pints of
milk in a double boiler, reserving a cup
ful to mix a large tablespoonful of flour
with. As soon as the milk boils, stir iu
this flour, which must be smoothly mixed
with the cold milk, and let it simmer,
ten minutes. Add butter the size pf an
egg, pepper, salt,-and n very scant tea
spoonful of baking soda to the tomatoes;
rub through a strainer and add to the
milk. Serve at once, and if thoro is to
be any delay in so doing, do not add the
tomatoes to the milk until you are ready J
to tend to the table. This is a delicious
and cheap soup, as skimmed milk may
be used, altnouun it is not quite so good.
Put little dices of fried bread iu ihe
tureen, or sprinkle chopped parsley iu
the soup just before remo-ingit from
the fire.
Boston Baked Beans Pick out and
wash one quart of small white beans, put
them into a deep earthen dish, cover
with cold water and place on the coot
part of the stove uutil th y are quite
swelled ; then movo the dish to the hotter
part of the stove and allow the Itcuns to
simmer very slowl until they are soft,
taking care that t ey remain whole, and
always keep them covered with water.
When perfectly teuder put them carefully
into a colander to draiu off a I the water ;
then put them into the baking dish and
place one pound of scalded aud teored
salt pork intc the water. Mix one cup
of boiling water with one cup of mo
lasses, one tcaspoonful of salt and a half
teaspoonful vt soda; pour this over the
beans and bake iu a moderate oven for
two houis, adding a little boiling water
from lime to time to prevent the beans
from becoming dry. Finish by slightly
browning the top. The beans are ge er
ally baked toward uicht aud left in the
oven to cool, vhieh process iuiptoves
their flavor. Agriculture',
XJ proposed to make excavations in
thehcighborhood of the liom-tu Forum
to cost $3,00(1,000.
There are 13,905 publio house in the
London police dis rid, aud 2jj co ee
Stalls.
AN EPISTOLARY MORGUE,
ODDITIES 07 THE DEAD LKTTXB
OFFICE AT WA8HINQTON.
Curious Reptile, Queer Article
and Anatomical Fragments
Awaiting Identification.
There is no silent horror, but only a
living interest uncn entering the Dead
Letter Office at Washington.
"Twenty thousand letters received
here daily."
This was the information given to a
Detroit Free I'reet representative by the
bright and courteous lady wbo presides
over the curiosity room. "And nearly
one-half of them can never be sent on
or back, because of the illegibility of
the address or some other cause."
The inclosures ire kept two years,
then, if still unclaimed, are sold at auc
tion. The room is lined with cases, in
which the curiosities are very art'stically
arranged.
Here was a fireman's ax. Improper
weight and sharp instrument not
properly protected were the reasons for
its detention. There were a number of
revolvers arranged on the back of the
case. It is contrary to law to send fire
arms through the mail.
"Oh I here is a human ear," one re
marked, wondering at the singular
token.
" cs, that came in a newspaper. We
do not know by whom it was sent Here
is an asp, and that is a tarantula both
quite startling creatures to find upon
opening a box. They both came through
aiive," said the attendant, "and that is
against the law, you know. We always
have live curiosities chloroformed and
preserved in liquor. We are quite care
ful in opening packages, for we never
know what sort of pets we are going to
find.
"Here are some horned toads. ' I have
had tree-toads for pets for months at a
time."
'Snakes'." exclaimed one of our party,
pointing toward some largo lasg cans.
"Did they come through alive;"
"Ves, indeed."
En passant it is very amusing to hear
Washingtonians say "Yes, indeed," with
the emphasis on "yes," and the "indeed"
sliding along as though the expression
were one of the pleasures of life.
"Yes, indeed," she answered. "There
were sixteen of them, sent from Texas
en route for Heidelburg, for scientific
purposes. They were in perforated tin
cans, were detected and sent here. A
boy brought the can in a bag, but one
snake got away. A lady at the chief's
desk, thiee days after, felt someth'ng
about her feet Looking down, there
was the snake. He had been in one of
the drawers of the chief's desk for those
three days. Was she frightened! Well,
mere are lew things that we ladies dis
like more than snakes, you know."
"Here is a scalp I"
"Ves; it is the scalp of a vounrr
Indian girl about eighteen or twenty
years old. We were told so- by an ex
pert in such things the hair fine and
black and straight, you see, prepared
witn care to oe lastenea in the belt.
"Here are some balls of opium. You
notice they were disguised in a covering
oi canay. And here is a beautiful large
etching, exquisitely done. It seems a
pity that It should not have reached its
destination, but we could not help it."
I-he stepped to the desk, and took
from one of the drawers a book, open
ing it for our inspection. In it were
pasted the addressed sides of envelopes.
Some of these addresses indicated a close
acquaintance with phonographic Spell
ing, as "TiTi, Ga." was spelled "Tight
I, Ga.," and Springerville, Arizona,"
was spelled "Spengcl Bil, Arizona."
Again, others were of a poetical turn,
and fame doubtless awaits the composers
with open arms. Here are four of them :
"Now come, locomotive, and get up your
steam,
And speed in away o'er valley and stream,
And carry me safely to John James, btato
of Illinois,
And tell him I have twin, and both of them
boys."
"Carry this letter over valley and rid;ea.
And deliver safely to A. V. Hedge."
"Postmaster run with speedy feet
To bill North Third street,
Care of Danier Wmforth,
For Frederick Aranouth."
"To Jack SmtJi, th web-foot scrub,
To whom this letter want to go,
J cutting cord wood for his grub,
lu Botie City, Idaho."
A Beaver as a Fet.
"Big Joe" is a magnificent beaver two
years old, and weighs fifty pounds.
Crowds of people, have lked to Mr. J.
C. Vivian's to seo this living curiosity
dining on poplar, which the dwner has
contracted for by the cord, and to watch
the appetite left when he gets down the
programme to the dessert, when he be
comes satiated with apples and tur .ips.
A perfect live beaver iu a town or city
is rarely if ever seen. The most cele
brated travelers that have stood in every
quarter of the globe admit they have
rarely sceu ono before, and the best
writers iu encyclopedias can only guess
how they work by moonlight, but such
authorities can now ce how "Big Joe"
works at Vivian's. Beaver is considered
a great delicacy as food, and the tail of
"Big Joe," fourteen by six inches extra
size for his ago would make a dish tit
for the gods, but he is healthy and likely
to get a conspicuous place in some
zoological garden. He was caught on
Oliver Lake, near liabbit Mountaiu Aline,
by a well-known trapper, and was con
tented at the mines until the present
owner brought him to town iu a carriage.
Fort Arthur (Canaia) tieiitinel.
Ire llarvpstlnar.
I was talking last evening w:th one of
the largest ice packers along the Hudson
ltiver. He said that the greatest suffer
er from the luck of cold weather are
the men who are accustomed to fill iu
their winters by working for the i e
packers. Of late years the freezing
weather has come after New Vcar's Dsy.
During the past seventy years there have
been b it five winters w hen tbe ice crop
fell greatly below the average. They
were those of lHlti, ps-it', lxa,', 18:i8and
18.J0. The Hudson ltiver has only been
froen over once this winter, and that
waa on December P. Sin e 1710 tbe
Hudson bus been permanently closed for
the winter later than this year only on. .
That was in 1SJ1, when it was frozen
over on February 8. Ma York Star.
THE MITTEN.
In the sleigh there was only Just room for us
two,
There was nobody else to forbid it
The musio ot ileighbells beat time to my
heart
And some way or other I did it
There was love in the air that was breathed;
the white snow
Was tinged with the sun's golden glory.
Well f spoke and she gav me th mitten
point blank!
That's the long and the short of the story
The wild rush of happiness you do not know.
Yon can't know unless you have tried it
What's that! Why, she gave me the mitten
that's true
But ber dear little hand was inside itl
Vassar Miscellany.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
A serious blow A blizzard.
A paper dealer The note broker.
An old, rhronio growler The lion.
Sign of longevity "Old Men's Home.
lient in twain The double dwelling
house.
The newest thing in the dog line
Puppies.
Will not necessarily fall The girl
in slippers. '
The flower of the family is often the
latest tc rise. . '
Settling money on a son frequently
unsettles the son.
The grocer doesn't often show grit.
He conceals it in the sugar.
A horse knows more than some men,
for it knows when to say neigh.
"I "am only a littlo .shaver," said the
small boy who worked in a carpenter
hop.
A "It is reported that you have in
herited a landed estate." B "My dear
sir, it is groundless."
"Your laundress appears to be' very
old." "Ves; shj belongs to tho iron
ago." Biidm Umette.
"This is a pretty pass!" remarked the
editor when the railroad company re
newed his transportation.
They stand for office in England and
run for it in America. Characteristic,
isn't itlPhiladetp),ia CM.
Curiously enough, tho big guns of the
human race nre seldom in the condition
to be llrcd. liurlington Free I'rev.
Many a girl thinks she shall Miss if
sha isn't married, and many a wife Mrs.
it by not being single. Chicago Journal.
When the doctors give you up there is
only one way to get well ; and that is to
give the doctors up. Fli'jende lllaetter.
Without consulting the market reports,
one would naturally expect "refined"
sugar to be "quiet and steady." Fit'
burg ChiOiticle.
There would be no objection raised
against any absconding financier settling
iu Canada if he xould first sottle in this
country. llinghnvipton Republican.
Tom "A new coat, ehl What color
do you call it teal brown?" Dick
(thinking of his unpaid tailor) "No;
dun brown, I guess." Yankee Blade.
"Nice girl ycu have, that Clara," re
marked Giles. "A little absent-minded,
I hear.". "A trifle," replied Briggs.
"The last letter she sent me was sealod
with her chewing gum." Ai York Hun,
Mrs. Winks "Well, I declarel The
weather indications are right for once."
Mr. Winks (looking over her shoulder)
"Humph! That paper that you have
got is a week old." VMUde'phia Record,
Captain Anson (coachiug his players
in a game of ball at tho base ol the qre-t'
Egyptian pyramid) "Forty cenfti'iiji
are looking down on you, Williamson!
Bang tho a'.utiing out of 'er!" Chicago
Tribune.
Said a disgusted trsmp to his New
York associates on his return from a
Western tour: "They said I would find
wonderful advance in the West, but I
didn't find a mau who would advance
me a cent." Siflingi.
"I used to think," said Uncle Ezra,
"thot this thing of gals kissing pug dogs
was purty rough, but seuce t come to
town an' see some of the dudes well, '
maybe the gals ain't so much to blame
arter all."- -Neie York Mercury.
"Gcntlemcii'of the jury," said counsel
in an agricultural case, "there were 3U
hogs in that lot 3ii. I want you to re
member that number KU hogs just
three times the number that there ae iu
the jury box." Albany Laie JuuihoL
First Eminent Physician "But Herr
Windygrat: has gout his lungs are as
sound as possible. Why did you tell
him not to play the trombone for six
mouths." Second Kmineut Physician-
"Because, my dear, Herr Windygrata
occupies the chamber next to miue."
Funnj Fo!ks.
A spring whose wa'teris a perfect writ
ing fluid has been discovered in Michi
gan. Now all that is needed is the dis
covery of a lake of writing paper, a mine
of postage stamps an9 a quairy of steel
peus. iu the same vicinity, to make that
portion of Michigan a "literary centre."
Xcu Yor'c Mercury.
"Will you have a piece of this nice
mince pie, Tommy?" said Tommy's aunt,
with whom he was taking his diuner.
"Please, ma'am," replied the little
fellow, holding his plate, "but you
mhjht put two pieces on now; mamma
has taught me never to pass my plate
back for the second piece."
lb 3 Australasian Wool Product
The wool-producing industry of the
Australasian colonies is one which is
Mcadily crowing in importance. The
total number of sheep in tbe whole of
these colonies on the lilst of March,
1M8 J, was in , tu?,o:if. Of this number
almost one half were fouud in New
South Wales. '1 he totals for each colouy
are as follows: New South Wales, 4(',
!IU1V2; New Zealand, l?,2:i5,5til ;
Queensland, p.',U2il,lo'; Victoria, 10,-
i:-Vt liW'n Krtlitl. Axdtrulia ? t. I ikik ' .
,wt, , o i , v u l u Auauaun,
Vi,f Aiistrjiha 1 lid!" (144
51.00 I
Tasmania,
- ' - - I - -iiimui.
. . . .1 . TU .. . - . . 1 i .. i .A ...til
i,oit, -. i ua luiui ui t', infu.in com
pares with a total of JC,8Sti,71o in lte3.
For purpose of comparison, we may give
the number of sheep in some other
count lies. Tor the Argentine Hepublic
the figures in lf"5 were -'.( Oc.buo; in
European l ussia, excluding Poland,
theru were iu Ivy I estimated -to be 4U,
' a T:ttl theep; in the United States in
1SS7 the number was 14, f V, ill; and iu
1886 iu the United Kingdom ther were
28,95y4l() sheep, Afu C'ultirator.